The City of Vancouver has an aspirational goal to become a zero waste community by 2040, a goal that includes the development of a circular economy of food (CEF). A circular economy is where every material, including food, is used to its full extent and nothing is wasted or treated as garbage. Funding from Mitacs […]

Augmented reality has the ability to revolutionize the healthcare system. Notably, for medical students and doctors. Studies demonstrate that interactive learning is the most effective way for medical information to be disseminated to medical students and professionals. This project seeks to develop an app for women’s sexual health that will assist in physician and medical […]

According to the HRPA “1 in 5 Canadians are experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety or posttraumatic stress disorder and 68% who reported a mental health issue reported that their mental health has worsened since the pandemic.” In the private sector, depression alone causes an estimated 200 million workdays per year, or about $17-$44 billion in […]

V-Train wishes to research and test how to best use virtual reality to improve outcomes in ethics and compliance training in the financial services industry. Current training methods such as eLearning and traditional classroom-based instruction have proven ineffective in information retention and improving behavioural outcomes. Key aspects of the project include: – Creating VR training […]

This research study focuses on the communication and transmission of technical and industrial analytic data, developed by our research partner, ioAirFlow. Because the current recipients of ioAirFlow data reports are not always data- or engineering-trained professionals, complex data is not often understood or acted upon. This research internship focuses on ways in which to develop […]

Nurses and care workers have long struggled to provide high quality care for people with dementia. Struggling to connect is one of the main causes of responsive behaviours and staff injuries within hospitals and long term care homes. Staff must be empowered to deliver individualized care with a focus on what matters to the older […]

In conjunction with Mass Culture and Emily Carr University of Art and Design’s Aboriginal Gathering Place, The Arts’ Civic Impact: Researchers in Residence, BC cohort focuses on developing a qualitative arts impact framework through a decolonized, Indigenous research lens for Indigenous focused, BC arts organizations in concert with four other researchers from across the country. […]

Healthcare stakeholders seek to reduce the cost and accessibility of acute care especially for elder and underprivileged groups. During times of emergencies like a global pandemic, the burden is creating even more problems. Spatial Lab’s home testing solutions will open markets for alternative wellness tests and examinations and thus connect more people to adequate healthcare. […]

Our business-to-business sales model relies on being able to highlight the value of our services to companies producing and marketing bio-based products. The success of our company is dependent on having a solid marketing, communications and sales plan that will bring in clients to utilize our services. In this project the intern will work to […]

Molecular You™ Corporation, a company with a digital health platform driven by data and assisted by artificial intelligence, is focused on empowering individuals to proactively take control of their own health and their own health information. Privacy and security of consumer data, in particular health data, is a major concern. Almost daily, news outlets report […]

Project Overview. The COVID Sports Solutions project links Vancouver based Econic with an Emily Carr Universtiy MDes graduate student to support research and development of patent pending mask and droplet guard products targeted for use in sport. Work planned for this project include: review of existing designs; exploratory market research; SWOT analysis; iterative design development; […]

ECU Graduate Studies and the Toronto Biennial of Art funding for one graduate student to support research and development affiliated with the upcoming Biennial, opening September 2021. The student will • Develop research and readings on the intersections between art and ecologies • Research de-colonial exhibition models • Research participating artists and aiding in the […]